Quino Orrantia

Twenty-seven years ago, Quino Orrantia did not see himself as the vocalist of Clip, one of the bands of Ecuadoran pop in the 80's. He was not even in his plans to be part of the group as a keyboard player because he played another called Scandal, where his influences had to do with Fletwoot Mac, James Taylor and others. In 1987, after two years of touring with songs like 'Little by little', he, guitarist Rafael Peralta, then keyboardist Aldo Jalón and drummer Pepe Tapia were ready to record their album. first disc mix of four songs in Fediscos. This time they only had one model with the instrumentalisation of 'Sin ti (Chiro de amor)', 'Gordito rock' and 'It's not so easy'. The four were waiting for Julio César 'Ñañón' Jurado to record the voice of those songs. When he appeared he excused himself and for personal reasons he finally abandoned the band that he created two years before. "After the departure of 'Ñañón' we look for a replacement for a year. There was no problem on the bass because Aldo was responsible for that. What we needed was a vocalist who would record those outstanding songs. Singers passed that had very soft influences, others were too rockers. There was no balance or a midpoint that would fit them with Clip's proposal. The other is that none of those who were tested had chemistry with the rest of the band. Aldo and company then proposed that I sing. They argued that I knew the songs and the way 'Ñañón' interpreted them. They convinced me and after listening to the recording my voice sounded awful because I wanted to imitate 'Ñañón' that had a style very different from mine, besides that I was nervous by the pressure. I remember the gesture of disapproval of the manager of Fediscos and that gave us a few months to try again. So I got ready and three months later I went back to the studio. By then he was ready. We change the melodies and we adapt them to my voice, "recalls Quino, who admits that his story is similar to that of Phill Collins when he switched from drums to singing in Genesis after Peter Gabriel, the previous singer, left. And something similar happened with the Argentine Sandro when he left the guitar to replace Hector Centurion, the then vocalist of Los del Fuego. Quino reveals that the voice of his hoarse, shrill or torn voice was a suggestion of others because they liked the voices of the Italian interpreters who have that style.